
The Combustion of Solid Fuels and Wastes
- 1st Edition - April 28, 1991
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: David Tillman
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 2 0 6 8 - 6
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 6 9 1 2 5 5 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 7 1 1 2 - 6
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Careful organization and empirical correlations help clarify the prodigious technical information presented in this useful reference.
- Written for practicing engineers, this comprehensive book supplies an overall framework of the combustion process; It connects information on specific reactions and reaction sequences with current applications and hardware; Each major group of combustion solids is evaluated; Among the many topics covered are:
- Various biomass forms
- The coalification process
- Grate, kiln, and suspension firing
- Fluidized bed combustion
- Gasification of solids
- The manufacturing process
The scientific community involved in combustion and practicing engineers (fuels and wastes)
Overview of Solid Fuels Combustion. Characteristics of Biomass Fuels. Combustion Characteristics of Lignite and Coal: The Dominant Solid Fossil Fuels. Characteristics of Petroleum-Related Solid Fossil Fuels. The Combustion of Solid Wastes. Combustion of Solid Fuels in Conventional Systems. Fluidized Bed Combustion of Solid Fuels.
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 28, 1991
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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